Reuters and CBS | Posted March 15, 2007 Two more Republican congressmen called for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales’s replacement on Thursday. Senator Gordon Smith (R-OR) “suggested that it would be helpful to have an attorney general that Congress could have more confidence in,” his spokesman said. Congressman Dana Rohrabacher (R-CA) said, “Even for Republicans this…
By William Roberts, bloomberg.com The Senate rejected Democratic- backed legislation that calls for U.S. troops to be withdrawn from Iraq just hours after a House panel approved a plan to bring the troops home. In the Senate, a measure sponsored by Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada fell 12 votes short of the 60 needed…
David Edwards and Ron Brynaert, rawstory.com On Thursday, NBC’s Today Show explored whether the confessions of alleged 9/11 “mastermind” Khalid Sheikh Mohammed can be trusted, since he claimed to have been tortured after being detained. (more) ALLEGED AL-QAEDA MASTERMIND KHALID SHIEK MOHAMMED HAS CONFESSED TO THE KILLING OF US JOURNALIST DANIEL PEARL AND PLOTTING 9/11,…
Michael Rolston, rawstory.com House Democrats have dropped plans to use the coming Defense Supplemental Appropriations legislation to permanently close the terrorist detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, RAW STORY has learned. One House Democrat sitting on the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee promised the party would return to the issue later in the year when taking up…
